A Future Continuous:
ex. I shall/will be studying tomorrow at 3:40, so I won't be able to join you at Paul's.
There are three progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb-ing), past progressive (was/were + verb-ing), and future progressive (will be + verb-ing).
There are four progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb+ing), past progressive (was/were + verb+ing), future progressive (will be + verb+ing), and present perfect progressive (has/have been + verb+ing).
The future progressive tense of "examine" is "will be examining."
To describe an ongoing activity in the future - 'will be spending'.
The tense of the verb phrase "will be waiting" is future continuous tense. It indicates an action that will be ongoing in the future.
There are three progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb-ing), past progressive (was/were + verb-ing), and future progressive (will be + verb-ing).
There are four progressive verb forms in English: present progressive (am/is/are + verb+ing), past progressive (was/were + verb+ing), future progressive (will be + verb+ing), and present perfect progressive (has/have been + verb+ing).
The future progressive tense of "examine" is "will be examining."
To describe an ongoing activity in the future - 'will be spending'.
The tense of the verb phrase "will be waiting" is future continuous tense. It indicates an action that will be ongoing in the future.
The verb tour in future progressive = will be touring. After we visit Alaska we will be touring the Canadian territories.
The future perfect progressive tense describes an action that will be ongoing until a specific point in the future. An example of this tense would be: "By next year, I will have been studying for five years." In this sentence, "will have been studying" is the verb in the future perfect progressive tense.
Progressive verbs indicae ongoing action. Present Progressive: "I am taking Spanish this year in school." Past Progressive: "I was taking Spanish ... " Future Progressive: "I will be taking Spanish next year."
The special ending for the main verb in progressive form is "-ing". It is added to the base form of the verb to indicate ongoing or continuous action in the present, past, or future tense.
The future progressive is formed with: will + be + present participle. The present participle of leave is leaving.The verb phrase is - will be leaving eg We will be leaving early in the morning.
"Will be growing" is a verb phrase. It makes the future progressive tense of grow.
To form a progressive tense use the helping verb to beand the present participle (the -ing form of the verb)Progressives can be in the present past and future and can also be perfectpresent progressive I am workingpast progressive I was workingfuture progressive I will be workingPerfect progressivespresent perfect progressive I have beenworkingpast perfect progressive I had been workingfuture perfect progressive I will have beenworkingFe Maria Finch BA English